Information Searching Using Visualizations - IL 2008
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This document discusses various visual search tools and techniques for navigating the vast information available online, comparing traditional text-based searches to visual explorations. It highlights specific tools like Oscope, Quintura, and Tineye, emphasizing their features and potential benefits for users. The importance of visual feedback and immersive experiences in improving search efficacy is also explored.
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Information Searching Using Visualizations - IL 2008
- 1. Information Searching Using Visualizations Jeff Wisniewski Darlene Fichter Web Services Librarian Data Librarian U of Pittsburgh U of Saskatchewan See It, Find It ™ October 22, 2009
- 2. The web is grand. Too bad there’s so much of it.
- 3. The web is grant. Too bad there’s so much of it. A search for dog returns 44 million results.
- 4. Libraries are also grand…too bad they have so much stuff
- 6. Would the real Bond please step forward? (James) bond Stocks and bonds Baseball Family ties
- 7. How about pulling out concepts?
- 8. How about pulling out “visualizing” concepts?
- 9. How about visual feedback as you limit?
- 10. I know it when I see it. Who doesn’t recognize a book by its cover? Find more like this? Searching for images using images
- 11. BYO Image
- 12. Select site to search and enter keywords into oSkope
- 13. oSkope results in list view mode.
- 14. oSkope results in grid view mode.
- 15. oSkope results in pile view mode.
- 16. Pile and grid would rule for search history. Recognition vs. recall Want icing on your cake? Pile in reverse chronological order Pile by term in reverse order Pile by day / date
- 17. Lists are great but graphs can be better.
- 18. oSkope results in graph mode. Pagerank Price
- 20. What about the other visual search engines?
- 21. Quintura offers concept map and lists in a dual view.
- 22. Quintura has an image search.
- 23. Would kids like this?
- 24. Or this?
- 25. Look familiar?
- 26. Now I know where I’ve seen you!
- 27. Using visual search to find visuals.
- 28. When words are hard to come by: TinEye & Piximilar http://ideeinc.com/products/tineye/demo-screencast
- 29. What are these called?
- 30. You’re so vain, you probably think this search engine is about you. My quick tests to find similar images turned up “null” until I tried their own logo.
- 31. Find me something like this. Demo http://www.tiltomo.com
- 32. Photosynth Live demo – photosynth.com Download viewer/creator file to start searching A “synth” is created by analyzing the image to stitch overlapping photos together Viewer provides a 3D like immersive experience
- 33. 3D Results and Immersive Results U b rowser – neat to look at but ?
- 34. Visual on the go: oMoby
- 35. Visual search gobbles up more resources. Bandwidth Screen – sometimes bigger is better Mobile search is hot, so sometimes visual is better on small screens then text Play nice with others Graphics hardware Accessibility
- 36. Resources AquaBrowser http://www.aquabrowser.com BYO Image http://labs.ideeinc.com/upload/ Colr pickr http://krazydad.com/colrpickr/ Encore http://www.iii.com/products/encore.shtml Grokker http://www.grokker.com iTunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/ oMoby: http://www.omoby.com uBrowser http://ubrowser.en.softonic.com/
- 37. Resources oSkope http://www.oskope.com/ Tiltomo http://www.tiltomo.com TinEye http://www.tineye.com/ Photosynth http://photosynth.net/ Quintara http://www.quintura.com/ SearchMe http://www.searchme.com/ Spectra newsreader http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/components/spectra/index.html uBrowser http://ubrowser.en.softonic.com/
- 38. More questions or comments? Jeff Wisniewski [email_address] Darlene Fichter [email_address]